Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

New Year's Flask

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Description

Caption: New Year's Flask, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 11/16 x 7 1/2 in. (6.8 x 19 cm); rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Peter Sharrer, 81.313. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small pottery jar with an incised depiction of a sphinx and hieroglyphs.

The artifact is a pottery vessel featuring an incised image of a sphinx lying down, accompanied by hieroglyphic inscriptions. The sphinx is finely detailed, demonstrating traditional elements of Egyptian art. The hieroglyphs are inscribed around the image in neatly organized rows, suggesting a potential commemorative or ceremonial purpose.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials pottery
Signs reed ×5 water ripple ×3
Visible text "unclear"

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Pottery

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 81.313 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 109205 tier-2
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